ἔνδοξος
endoxos
held in esteem
Appears 96 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔνδοξος, ον, (δόξα) A. held in esteem or honour, of high repute, πρός τινος by one, Oec. 6.10 codd. (Sup.); -ότατοι ποιηταί Mem. 1.2.56; πόλις -οτέρα εἰς τὰ πολεμικά ib.3.5.1; νέοι πλούσιοι καὶ ἔ. Sph. 223b; μὴ πλουσιώτερος ἀλλʼ -ότερος 1.37; ὀλίγοι καὶ ἔ. ἄνδρες EN 1098b28, cf. Sent. 7, etc. 2. of things, notable, πράγματα 3.231, cf. 2.21; generally approved, τὸ καλόν, = τὸ ἔ., Fr. 513; glorious, ταφαί Per. 28; ἡδὺ καὶ ἔ. καὶ ὠφέλιμον 2.99f. Adv. -ξως, freq. in Inscrr., SIG 442.7 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), etc., cf. Vit.Philonid.p.12C., Alc. 1, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως, τὰ ἔνδοξα ἐ. λέγειν Id. 1.9; also στῆλαι ἔχουσαι ἐπιγραφὰς -ξως conspicuously placed, Sammelb. 6152.22 (i B. C.): Sup. -ότατα, ἐβουλεύσασθε 18.65. II. resting on opinion, probable, generally admitted, ἔ. τὰ δοκοῦντα πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς πλείστοις ἢ τοῖς σοφοῖς, opp. to what is necessarily true (τὰ πρῶτα καὶ ἀληθῆ), Top. 100b21, cf. EN 1145b5, Rh. 1355a17, al.; ἡ ἔ. διδασκαλία popular teaching, 2.247. 2. Adv. -ξως, συλλογίζεσθαι plausibly, opp. ἀληθῶς, SE 175a31. III. conceited, οὐκ ἔνδοξοι πρὸς τὸ μαθεῖν ἃ μὴ ἴσμεν not too proud to learn, Fr. 60.
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